Back in 2017, I interviewed Dustin Werbeski for the launch of the Big Wheel Blading website. He had just moved back to his hometown of Regina, Canada, after spending several…
The Evolution of Si Coburn: An Aggressive Skating Legend Turned Big Wheel Blading Powerhouse
Si Coburn has been skating for nearly 25 years, first as an aggressive skater, then taking those skills and adapting them to big wheel blading. Si is constantly evolving and…
Tom Hyser Discusses the Design and Creation of Rollerblade’s Forthcoming Aggressive Inline Skate
Tom Hyser is a 45-year-old inline skater, creator, and innovator living in Huntsville, Alabama. Tom has been involved in the inline skating industry since the early 1990s as a professional…
Mike Lufholm on Inline Skating 153 Miles in 4 Days Along Minnesota’s Scenic North Shore
Mike Lufholm is a 32-year-old inline skater born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota, but he has called Minneapolis home for the past decade. On May 27th, 2020, Mike began a…
Rollance UFS Ice Frames: An Interview with Creator Jean Denis-Caron
Jean Denis-Caron is a 35-year-old aggressive inline skater who produces Rollance UFS Ice Frames out of his home in Quebec City, Quebec. These frames have been quality tested on the…
Frank Lorenz Discusses Skating 13,368km to Win the 2018 Inline Skate Challenge
59-year-old Frank Lorenz of Germany won the Big Wheel Blading 2018 Inline Skating Distance Challenge skating 13,368.43 km (8,306.76 miles). He originally comes from Cologne, Germany but now lives in…
From Aggressive to Distance: An Interview with Rob Dargiewicz, the 2018 Big Wheel Challenge Winner
Rob Dargiewicz is a 36-year-old aggressive inline skater from Derby, Connecticut. Two years ago, he also added distance skating to his blading arsenal. This year he won the 2018 Big…
Eighteen Years and Going: An Interview with Intuition Skate Shop’s Matt Mickey
"I'm 19 forever with my skates on," is how old Matt Mickey responded when I asked him his age. This is the same age I feel when I'm cruising through…
Back to Blading, Lawrence Ingraham Rediscovers and Shares His Passion for Inline Skating
Lawrence Ingraham is a 41-year-old aggressive inline skater living in Durham, North Carolina. Back in the 1990s and early 2000s Lawrence was heavily involved in the aggressive inline skating industry.…
Caleb Smith Goes on an Epic Winter Skate Adventure Throughout the USA
Caleb Smith is an aggressive, urban and distance skater from Des Moines, Iowa. This past winter he had some time off work and decided to make a trip and get…